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Russia
Cultures
Languages:
1.Russian
2.other
Religion:
1.Orthodox
2.Muslim
Native Dish:Bread Pirozhki
Name: Stuffed Rolls
Recipe: Ingredients:
Dough:
Buttermilk
30 grams yeast
1 tablespoon sugar
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup melted butter
4 eggs
Flour
Filling:
Fried cabbage
Carrots, grated
Honey
Apples, chopped
Directions:
    1. Dough: Mix 1/2 cup buttermilk, yeast, and 1 tablespoon sugar. Knead into a dough and let stand in a warm place to rise.
    2. After it rises, add 1 cup sugar and enough buttermilk and flour to make a good consistency. Return dough to warm place to rise for 2 more hours.
    3. Add more flour, 1/4 cup melted butter, and 4 eggs, a little at a time. Mix, but be careful not to overmix.
    4. Filling: mix grated carrots, honey, and chopped apples as desired to make a filling. It can be added to the fried cabbage or used as a filling alone. Pirozhki can be filled with many different kinds and flavors of foods.
    5. Roll dough and cut into turnover-type shapes. Add 1 tablespoon of filling on each dough piece and fold over. Pinch edges together so the stuffing won't fall out.
    6. Bake at 375°F until golden brown.
One Celebration or Festival:New Year's day is the most popular celibration in russia.Almost everyone decerates fur trees and has parties to celibrate the New Year.
Literacy Rate:
USA: 97%
Country:99.4%
Social Customs:They have a taradition before and after the civil war ends.People keep their hands above the table not on their laps when they eat.When they visite someone they shake hands firlmly and say ZDRAVSTVAYTE.
Recreation:Usally play soccer during the summer. Winter they do ice skating (soccer and ice skating are popular in russia).
Government
Type:Federation
Leader:Presedent vladimir vladimirovich
Independence:24 August
When:1991
From Whom:Sovient Union
Economics
Monetary Unit:
Exchange Rate: $ 733.6 billion (2006 est.)
GDP:
USA: $39,676
Country: $12,200 (2006 est.)
Major Industries:
1.coal
2.oil
Major Trading Partner:
Imports:10.14 billion k wh (2005)
Exports:22.52 billion k wh (2005)
Life Expectancy:
Men:59.12 years
Women: 73.03 years
Geography
Climate:Subaric in siberia to tundra climate in the polor north.
Natural Resource:
1.oil
2.natural gas
3.coal
Physical Features:
1." The eourope plain"
Descripton: Between european and asian parts of russia. Thes mountains, worn dawn by srams reach an average height of only about 2,000 feet.
2."The West Siberian Plain"
Deswcription: Slopes upward the south from coustal plainsalong the artic ocean.Average height of 2,000 feet.
Environmental Issues:
Heavy industries, emission of coal-fired electric plant, and trons portatations in major cities.